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The first new embryonic stem cell lines are set to roll out after President Obama lifted Bush-era restrictions last spring
President Obama lifted the Bush-era restrictions on embryonic stem cell lines last spring, but hundreds of cell lines have remained locked away undergoing review. Now the ...
Medicine
Imagine your unit is working through a valley in Eastern Afghanistan trying to root out an insurgent group that’s been operating from the mountains above. It would be strategically advantageous to know exactly who and what awaits you on the other side of each ridge, but the nearest Predator ...
Other
A designer proposes a military-style vehicle that can fight and survive fires
Get ready for a firefighting vehicle that might have arrived from your old Saturday morning GI Joe cartoons. Yanko has showcased an ATV design by Liam Ferguson that can carry remotely-operated water cannons and a ...
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Rare behemoth star produces antimatter and collapses in a runaway nuclear reaction that leaves nothing behind
Stars don't tend to go quietly, and the most massive of them all create a supernova explosion 50 to 100 times brighter than normal. Now astronomers have confirmed the existence of rare ...
Other
It finally looks like a house! Here's a look at the final push to the get the dry box up before the snow flies
I can't believe it, but the entire box is now up. All the wall and roof panels have been installed. As you may recall the second floor was a bit of a learning curve for everyone , ...
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Now Somali civilians can invest cash or weapons into pirate companies and hope for a share of the ransom money
Forget pirate radio, how about the pirate stock exchange? Somali pirates have created a stock exchange of sorts to fund their hijacking activities, Reuters reports.
The U.S. and ...
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He is man's best friend after all, so doesn't he deserve the tactical body armor commensurate with that title? K9 Storm , a Canadian body armor specialist, pulls in millions a year manufacturing body armor for dogs serving in the line of duty on police forces and in militaries around the ...
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In an excerpt from our Tech Buyer's Guide, get our picks for the best small audio players this year
Black Friday/Cyber Monday may be over, but your holiday shopping is likely not, so we'll keep excerpting our new Tech Buyer's Guide to arm you with PopSci's favorite gear and buying advice. ...
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A desktop instrument can analyze genetic variations in blood samples within hours
Gene-Testing Device: I want your blood Nanosphere Drugs can affect different patients in unexpected ways, because of each person's unique genetic makeup. Now a newly FDA-approved device that screens ...
Other
While the fate of America's Yucca Mountain appears to be sealed, Finnish company Posiva is moving forward with a cutting-edge nuclear waste storage facility that it claims will safely store radioactive waste in drums deep in the ground for 100,000 years . While challenges abound, a green light ...
Other
Like most Internet applications, Twitter connects you with people who seem to exist in a vast, abstract, cyberspace. Now, a new iPhone app from the French company Presselite uses augmented reality to show you exactly where your friends are tweeting from.
The app takes advantage of Twitters ...
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Whether they are assisting the elderly , or simply popping human skulls like ripe fruit, robots aren't usually known for their light touch. And while this may be fine as long as they stay relegated to cleaning floors and assembling cars, as robots perform more tasks that put them in contact ...
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It's a scene familiar from a plethora of TV shows and movies: the crime scene photographer, carefully stalking around a taped-off area, meticulously documenting each piece of evidence as they lie beneath neon markers, noting the precise placement of each item as he snaps away. Well, thanks ...
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New technology adds flexibility to wireless communications, and can passively monitor the integrity of bridges and other structures
The large antennas that used to be part of our everyday lives -- atop the TV, on the boom box, telescoping into the bricklike handsets of our first cordless ...
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Make a wall clock with a mesmerizing display
Throw out your old wall clock. You’ll be bored with it the moment you’re finished assembling your own persistence-of-vision (POV) clock. Projects based on POV—the phenomenon by which your eye very briefly continues to see an image after it has ...
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Biodegradeable mushroom styrofoam could protect your next shipment
Your next toilet may come packed in fertilizer for your garden. EcoCradle is the only treeless, biodegradable shipping material that can be molded into as many shapes as polystyrene, a.k.a. Styrofoam, so it can protect objects ...
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So far, the search for extraterrestrial life beyond our solar system has focused on finding Earth-like planets. And sure, planets are great, since we know at least one of them harbors life. But David Kipping of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics thinks that search might be a tad ...
Physical Science
Earth
To some, watching a butterfly emerge from its cocoon, transformed from larva to magnificent winged beauty, is proof of nature's great wonder. For two butterflies aboard the International Space Station, it was a wonder that they emerged at all. For the first time in history, two painted lady ...
Physical Science
Atlantis
Since April, a steady string of reports have detailed sightings of a mysterious, unidentified UAV prowling the skies above Kandahar. Grainy, Loch-Ness-Monster-like photos revealed a flying-wing-type aircraft with stealth features.
Now, the French blog Secret Defense has published the ...
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Tethering your phone's data connection to your laptop (and the fact that the iPhone can’t do it – thanks AT&T) is all the rage right now, but despite the convenience of the mobile Web, such connections are still comparatively unreliable. But the geeks over at Microsoft Research have come up ...
